| Acronym | Meaning |
| PUHF | (spin)-projected Unrestricted Hartree-Fock |
| SCANIIR | Surface Composition Analysis By Neutral And Ion Impact Radiation |
| WILDCAT | Warning And Identification Lidar Detector For Countering Agent Threats |
| IPM | Independent Particle Model |
| DR-RWA | Dominant Resonance-rotating Wave Approximation |
| SERC | State Emergency Response Commission |
| LPL | Lipoprotein Lipase |
| DWBA | Distorted-wave Born Approxn. |
| ICAPES | Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Emission Spectrometry |
| LASIK | Laser-assisted In Situ Keratomileusis |